Yorkshire Carnegie Head Coach Bryan Redpath has named his side for the first leg of the Championship Play Off Final against London Irish at Headingley tomorrow.
Redpath has made four changes to the starting line up from the team who played against Ealing Trailfinders in the semi-final.
Tom Casson returns for the first time since the league fixture against Doncaster and he comes in for Andy Forsyth, who is ruled out through injury. Seb Stegmann is preferred on the wing in place of Stevie McColl, who is named on the bench.
In the forwards Charlie Beech will start with Lewis Boyce is amongst the replacements having suffered from a foot injury in recent weeks whilst Mike Mayhew returns to the starting line up, in place of Phil Nilsen who misses out this week.
Meanwhile, London Irish have made one enforced change to their line up with the club’s record try-scorer Topsy Ojo replacing the injured Joe Cokanasiga on the wing.
Irish secured their place in the final by virtue of a 75-24 aggregate victory over Doncaster Knights.
Yorkshire Carnegie: Chris Elder; Jonah Holmes, Pete Lucock, Tom Casson, Seb Stegmann; Joe Ford, Alex Davies; Charlie Beech, Mike Mayhew, Sione Faletau; Matt Smith, Ben West; Ollie Stedman, Richard Mayhew, Ryan Burrows (c)
Replacements: Ross Graham, Lewis Boyce, Rob O’Donnell, Mike Myerscough, Richard Beck, Max Green, Stevie McColl
London Irish: Tommy Bell; Alex Lewington, Aseli Tikoirotuma, Fergus Mulchrone, Topsy Ojo; James Marshall, Brendan McKibbin; Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi, David Paice (c), Ben Franks; Sebastian De Chaves, Jebb Sinclair; Mike Coman, Blair Cowan, Ofisa Treviranus
Replacements: Dave Porecki, Tom Court, Ollie Hoskins, George Robson, Luke Narraway, Scott Steele, Greig Tonks